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economy, a mistake for global competitiveness, to slow down. i'm convinced the agency has the authority it would need to address issues around promoting brayed band issues going forward. driving investment, driving motivation. >> did you feel like congress was your partner? >> i did. the transformation of the universal service fund was a good example. it is a good example of how pipe -- bipartisan things can get done in washington. i'm proud of the work that rob and i did at the commission on it. and we worked very well with congress, both democrats and republicans in a good back-and-forth dialogue to get that done. i think our relationship with congress was a healthy one. we didn't agree on everything. but debates were on the merits. listen, in our system, debate, argumentation is good. it leads to getter analysis and better outcome. >> let me say something about bipartisanship. under julius' leadership in the commission, if you disagreed with him, he didn't hold a grudge and we got on with the commission. that's the way it should be, and that
economy, a mistake for global competitiveness, to slow down. i'm convinced the agency has the authority it would need to address issues around promoting brayed band issues going forward. driving investment, driving motivation. >> did you feel like congress was your partner? >> i did. the transformation of the universal service fund was a good example. it is a good example of how pipe -- bipartisan things can get done in washington. i'm proud of the work that rob and i did at the...
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there are a lot of things in the economy where we know know this is where the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but in a sustainable way. the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> in the politics of abundance, there are several instances where you saved the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> for example, in the area of education, the sector of education -- it is a question of how we accelerate it? the president working with the department of education could create a data exchange system that allows us to personalize education. there is a similar thing with healthcare. the president could use executive authority and lay the foundation and act to accelerate that movement to the digital platform. >> where does congress come in? >> in a number of places. at the end of the book, we lay out for trades we think congress could take part. one is related to the broadband area. there was a ceo council that suggested that there are trillions of dollars of savings if the government moved all of its bu
there are a lot of things in the economy where we know know this is where the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but in a sustainable way. the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> in the politics of abundance, there are several instances where you saved the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> for example, in the area of education, the sector of education -- it is a question of how we...
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how it works up to corporate america and government to learn from the unique way of the bubble based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning if you were trying to generate, as a government, trying to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers, and from an entrepreneur's standpoint, how is it different than in other places which it is because so much is based on failure and learning from one's experiences, but it's also recognizing that you can be part of the process of adopting other people's ideas, or you may have the idea for the next big thing, but bottom line is there's an authenticity to the way things are done in the valley that's accepted no matter who you are. >> you go on to write that failure is a badge of honor. >> guest: yeah, it is. i have to say i'm not completely convinced across the board. i don't nay anyone wants to go in knowing that entrepreneur is going to fail, but there is a batting average, and most tell you out of ten, you know, investments
how it works up to corporate america and government to learn from the unique way of the bubble based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning if you were trying to generate, as a government, trying to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers, and from an entrepreneur's standpoint, how is it different than in other places which it is because so much is based on...
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tries to -- to provide shared retirement benefits options because we're increasingly a free answer economy. that has dramatic implications for all our system built on assumptions on how work would happen. another trend i talk about in the book that is related is the rise of 3-d printing and on demand fabrication. i talk about how i printed sandals for my boys. the future of manufacturing over the next two decades is exciting and almost impossible to imagine where technology is taking us on this front. and yet, it's -- it is arriving. gibson says, the future has arrived and just not evenly distributed. i think that that is -- that's the challenge for our institutions and government and politics and the other kind of crucial institutions of our time is how to navigate the emerging future when it is so woerldrldly in terms of the way the people thought they worked. >> you talk about national security and military. how does the edward snowden situation fit in your book? >> i think it's perfect example. here's low level employee who use a thumb drive to divert the entire national security appar
tries to -- to provide shared retirement benefits options because we're increasingly a free answer economy. that has dramatic implications for all our system built on assumptions on how work would happen. another trend i talk about in the book that is related is the rise of 3-d printing and on demand fabrication. i talk about how i printed sandals for my boys. the future of manufacturing over the next two decades is exciting and almost impossible to imagine where technology is taking us on this...
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and as all of us know given the economy over the past several years, there hasn't been a whole lot of increases in occupied housing. so that's been somewhat challenging. when we ultimately have a return to occupied housing growth, which inevitably we will, i think that should provide us with the wind at our back that should help us grow the video business. at the same time as we've had limited growth in the overall universe of potential video customers, we've also had a number of new entrants into is the video space. so there's been kind of a new equilibrium amongst video providers. we've had both verizon via their fios product and at&t enter our market for video. so that's created somewhat of a headwind in terms of growth in the video business. but we're very focused on returning the business to growth, and we think ultimately the way that happens is by insuring that we have an absolutely world class video product, and we can come back to that pause there's a lot of things -- because there's a lot of things we're demoing here at the cable show that i think is relevant to that area of
and as all of us know given the economy over the past several years, there hasn't been a whole lot of increases in occupied housing. so that's been somewhat challenging. when we ultimately have a return to occupied housing growth, which inevitably we will, i think that should provide us with the wind at our back that should help us grow the video business. at the same time as we've had limited growth in the overall universe of potential video customers, we've also had a number of new entrants...